The presence of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt is a significant risk factor for wound infection after corrective neuromuscular scoliosis surgery, according to an article published in Spine.
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Steven C. Weissfeld, MD, recently joined the SpinePain & Orthopedic Injury Center of Clearwater, Fla., according to a practice news release.
The Steadman Philippon Research Institute in Vail, Colo., recently released their annual report detailing the progress of their research, according to an Institute news release.
OrthoSensor, a Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.-based orthopedic implant and sensor-assisted surgery systems developer, has received $21 million in Series B financing, according to a company news release.
The North American Spine Society will sponsor one person to participate in the 2011 Clinician Scholar Development Program, according to a NASS news release.
Kapil Moza, MD, a neurosurgeon at Thousand Oaks, Calif., was the first neurosurgeon in his area to complete a cervical artificial disc replacement in 2007 and has implanted 10 more since then without complications, according to a MD News report.
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Richard Battista, MD, is the president of OAA Orthopaedic Specialists in Allentown, Pa., and specializes in hand surgery. He previously served as chief of orthopedics and general surgery while stationed at the Naval Hospital Roosevelt Roads in Puerto Rico and…
Jeff Leland is CEO of Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners. Q: We are an ASC looking to add spine surgery. What spine procedures are typically performed in an ambulatory surgery center? Jeff Leland: Generally speaking, discectomies, decompressions, laminotomies,…
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